# NTSB MKC89LA182: Cessna 182, N3763D, Russell, AR, August 15, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Russell, AR
- Coordinates: 35.360809, -91.509437 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3608&lon=-91.5094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA182

## Probable cause

AN ENGINE FAILURE, BECAUSE OF A VALVE WHICH STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION, OVER TERRAIN THAT WAS UNSUITABLE FOR A FORCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - engine assembly,valve,intake - seized (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE QUIT.AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED IN A PLOWED BEAN FIELD THAT RESULTED IN A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR, THEN A NOSE OVER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE INTAKE VALVE ON NO. 6 CYLINDER WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3763D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3763D-1990-10-18), registration cancelled 1990-10-18, S/N 34463 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34463
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Benafield, J. W., doing business as Benafield Farms
- Registered owner: Bena Field, J.W.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: NONE, NEWPORT, AR
- Destination: NONE, HICKORY PLAINS, AR
- Airport: NONE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,810 total, 800 in this make and model, 3,586 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JBR, 40 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890815029879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815029879A), Aug 15, 1989: Cessna 182A, Russel, AR, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Landed in soft field and nosed over. Intake valve had stuck open.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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